America Street: A Multicultural Anthology of Stories

Here are eighteen compelling stories about young people in cities and ruralareas across the United States—Native, African, Latino, Asian, European,Indian, Arab, and Jewish--some born here, others recently arrived from othercountries. All are finding their way,facing realities of home, school, and friendship, making a place for themselvesamong us. Written by some of our finest authors, these stories are vital andauthentic. They allow us to enter intoanother person’s experience and feel it as if it were our own. Duane Big Eagle, Sandra Cisneros, LanSamantha Chang, Rivka Galchen, Langston Hughes, Gish Jen, Francisco Jiménez,Mary K. Mazotti, Toshio Mori, Naomi Shihab Nye, Akhil Sharma, Gary Soto, MicheleWallace, among others.